Hanger



Feb. 26, 1963 ,1. M. MARGULIS 3,079,117

HANGER Filed Dec. :s. 1959 FlCil FIGZ INVENTOR.

JOSEPH M. MARGULIS M H m ATTORNEY United States Patent Office 3,079,117 Patented Feb. 26, 1963 3,079,117 HANGER Joseph M. Margulis, Westbury Apts, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed Dec. 3, 1959, Ser. No. 857,129 2 Claims. (Cl. 24S28) The present invention relates to a hanger, and more particularly to an improved nail-less hanger for pictures and the like adapted to be secured to a wall or other supporting surface without marring, penetrating or damaging such surface.

In my Letters Patent 2,809,001, issued October 8, 1957, I disclosed a wall hanger including a sheet of flexible material having an adhesive backing and provided with a folded-under hem in which a support bar is carried, with a picture hook swivelly connected to the support bar by means of a tubular flange.

This construction has proven eminently useful and has achieved a high degree of success and commercial acceptance, and has replaced solid fasteners such as nails and the like to a considerable extent. Such solid fasteners are, of course, objectionable because their use leads to the cracking of supporting walls and their permanent deformation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved wall hanger in which all of the advantages possessed by the construction set forth in my Letters Patent 2,809,001 are secured, and which can be more securely attached to a wall.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a picture hook having improved means for securing the hook to a wall or other supporting surface without injuring or penertating such surface.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention there is shown in the drawings a form which is presently preferred; it being understood, however, that this invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown.

FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of the hanger of the present invention.

FIGURE 2 is a back elevational view of the hanger of the present invention.

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken along line 33 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the hook and the support bar of the hanger of the present invention.

FIGURE 5 is a side elevational view of an object suspended from a Wall by the hanger of the present invention.

Referring to the drawing, the hanger of the present invention is generally designated as 10.

Hanger it comprises a strip 12 of fabric or material, such as cotton cloth, and preferably generally rectangularly shaped. The cloth strip 12 is coated on its rear face with a layer of water activated adhesive, such as a casein type glue, shown diagrammatically in FIG- URE 3 at 14. Cloth strip 12 is folded under or overlapped upon itself along a transverse fold line 16 disposed intermediate its ends to form a front flap 18, a rear flap 20, and an intermediate hem, as illustratively defined by the fold line 16 and a transverse line of stitching 22 spaced upwardly from the fold line 16. The rear flap 29 is folded along the line of stitching 22 to overlap the hem with the layer of adhesive 14 on the rear flap 26 facing outwardly.

A support bar 24 preferably made of metal, such as steel or the like, is positioned or secured Within the hem with the bottom edge of the support bar 24 juxtaposed to the fold line 16. The support bar 24 may be held or secured within the hem by the adhesive 14 and by the line 2 of stitching 22. The support bar 24 has an opening 26 in the center or middle portion thereof.

A hook 28, which may be of metal or the like, such as brass, is pivotally secured upon support bar 24, by having a perpendicularly integral tubular flange 30 insorted through the opening 26 in the support bar 24 and mating openings 32, 34, and 36 in the juxtaposed faces of the hem and in the rear flap 20 respectively. The rear end of the flange 30 which projects somewhat beyond the opening 36 in the rear flap 20 is flared, swaged or peened so as to retain hook 233 on the hanger It). This is readily accomplished, as the tubular flange 30 is a relatively thin cross-section compared with the shank portion 38 and bight or bill portion 49 of the book 28. In fact, the thickness of the tubular flange 20 is comparable to the thickness of the cloth strip 12. Hook 28 is secured in position by the flared outwardly turned rear portion of the tubular flange 30 and the rear face of the shank portion 3% adjacent the flange 30. The flared outwardly turned rear portion of the tubular flange 30 also engages the portion of the rear flap 20 around the opening 36 to hold the rear flap 20 against the hem.

In the use of the hanger 10 of the present invention the adhesive coating 14 on the front flap 18 and the rear flap 29 is wetted and the flaps are applied to a Wall or smooth supporting surface 42 as shown in FIGURE 5. After drying, such as for a period of thirty minutes or more, the hanger 10 is ready for use. Objects such as pictures, calendars, maps, plaques or the like may be hung upon the hook 28.

Since the rear flap 20 is secured against the hem, the adhesive coating 14 on the rear flap 20 is exposed to insure that the entire exposed back surface of the strip 12 is adhered to the supporting surface to provide the maximum support for the hanger it). Also, by having the rear flap 2i secured to the hem, the rear flap 20 will secure the hook 23 to the supporting surface and prevent the hook 28 from being lifted away from the supporting surface. Since the flared end portion of the flange 39 of the hook 28 is substantially as thin as the cloth strip 12, the flared back end portion of the flange 30 does not interfere with the adhesion of the entire surface of the rear flap 20 to the supporting surface.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof and, accordingly, reference should be made to the appended claims, rather than to the foregoing speciflcation as indicating the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A nail-less hanger for pictures and the like including a flexible strip coated on its rear face with an adhesive coating and being overlapped upon itself along a transverse line of fold to provide a front flap and a rear flap, said rear flap being secured to said front flap along a transverse line spaced from said fold line to provide a hem between said fold line and said line of securement, said rear flap being folded along said line of securement to extend across the rear face of said hem, aligned openings in said rear flap and both faces of said hem, a transversely extending support bar positioned within the hem with its major faces juxtaposed with the faces of said hem, said support bar having an opening therethrough aligned with the aligned openings in said hem and rear flap, and a hook, said hook having an integral tubular flange extending generally perpendicularly from its upper portion through the aligned openings in the support bar, hem and rear flap, the end portion of said tubular flange remote from the remainder of the hook being flared outwardly and juxtaposed to the portion of the outer surface of the rear flap around the opening in the rear flap.

2.. A nail-less hanger for pictures and the like including, a flexible strip coated on its rear face with an. adhesive coating and being overlapped upon itself along a transverse line of fold to provide a front flap and a rear flap, said rear flap being secured to said front flap along a transverse line spaced from said fold. line to provide a hem between said fold line and said lineof securement, said rear flap. being folded along said line of securement to'extend across the rear face of said hem, aligned openings in said rear flap and both faces. of said hem, a transversely extending support bar positioned within the hem with its. major faces juxtaposed. with the faces of said hem, said support bar having an opening therethrough aligned with the aligned openings in said hem and rear flap, and a hook, said hook, having an integral tubular flange extending generally perpendicularly from. its, upper portion through the aligned openings in the support bar, hem and rear flap, said flange having a. Wall thickness substantially that of the thickness of the flexible strip, the end portion of said tubular flange remote from the remainder of the hook being flared outwardly and juxtaposed to the portion of the outer surface of the rear flap around the opening in the rear flap.

References Cited in. the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,647,711 Margulis Aug. 4, 1953 2,724,568 Rabinovitch Nov. 22, 1955 2,788,173 Lovelad-y Apr. 9, 1957 2,809,001 Margulis Oct. 8, 1957 

1. A NAIL-LESS HANGER FOR PICTURES AND THE LIKE INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE STRIP COATED ON ITS REAR FACE WITH AN ADHESIVE COATING AND BEING OVERLAPPED UPON ITSELF ALONG A TRANSVERSE LINE OF FOLD TO PROVIDE A FRONT FLAP AND A REAR FLAP, SAID REAR FLAP BEING SECURED TO SAID FRONT FLAP ALONG A TRANSVERSE LINE SPACED FROM SAID FOLD LINE TO PROVIDE A HEM BETWEEN SAID FOLD LINE AND SAID LINE OF SECUREMENT, SAID REAR FLAP BEING FOLDED ALONG SAID LINE OF SECUREMENT TO EXTEND ACROSS THE REAR FACE OF SAID HEM, ALIGNED OPENINGS IN SAID REAR FLAP AND BOTH FACES OF SAID HEM, A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SUPPORT BAR POSITIONED WITHIN THE HEM WITH ITS MAJOR FACES JUXTAPOSED WITH THE FACES OF SAID HEM, SAID SUPPORT BAR HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH ALIGNED WITH THE ALIGNED OPENINGS IN SAID HEM AND REAR FLAP, AND A HOOK, SAID HOOK HAVING AN INTEGRAL TUBULAR FLANGE EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULARLY FROM ITS UPPER PORTION THROUGH THE ALIGNED OPENINGS IN THE SUPPORT BAR, HEM AND REAR FLAP, THE END PORTION OF SAID TUBULAR FLANGE REMOTE FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE HOOK BEING FLARED OUTWARDLY AND JUXTAPOSED TO THE PORTION OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE REAR FLAP AROUND THE OPENING IN THE REAR FLAP. 